Time for a change: cleaning up politics

The last Government ended with scandals like ‘cash for access’ – and Gordon Brown’s Government is ending with scandals that are, if anything, worse. To get real change, and to clean up politics, we need a change of government. Five more years of Gordon Brown won’t make any difference.

We need a proper inquiry into the activities of the former Labour Ministers. If it was serious enough to strip these former Ministers of the party whip, surely it’s serious enough for an inquiry?

David Cameron spelt out this morning how a Conservative Government would clean up politics by getting to grips with lobbying – an issue he highlighted several weeks ago. He laid out the following proposals to clean up politics

· We’re going to make absolutely sure that ex-Ministers are not allowed to use the contacts and knowledge gained in government for their own private gain.

· We’ll double the time when it’s forbidden for ex-Ministers to lobby government from twelve months to two years.

· We’ll extend to ten years the period during which ex-Ministers must seek advice from the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

· We’ll put that Committee on a statutory basis, so ignoring its advice will be an offence.

· The first task of an incoming government will be to instruct the Prime Minister’s advisor on the Ministerial Code to undertake a full review of this episode so that the government can learn the lessons of what has gone wrong, and change the rules to stop it happening again.

· And we’ve also got to put a stop to the practice of one part of government lobbying another part of government.

Comments

Jane said…
This Labour Government is degenerate and finished. Even at the end of the last Conservative Government the people that caused a scandal were just a few bad eggs! This time the Labour Government has practically institutionalised corruption. It is the norm. I only hope the people are not numbed to hearing about the abominable conduct of high ranking officials.

Time and time again they create a scandal. This should still shock. Remove this Government for the sake of the people of this nation. In Confucian thinking a sign that a dynasty has come to the end of its existence is manifested in the discontent of the people (rebellions and strikes) the economy failing etc. This is the sign that the mandate of heaven has been removed from the Government and it is heading for a fall and replacement. In Britain the discontent, turmoil, incompetence and corruption indicates that the mandate of the people will be withdrawn. Vote for Change. Vote Conservative.
12:59 am
Tim said…
"The last Government ended with scandals like ‘cash for access’ – and Gordon Brown’s Government is ending with scandals that are, if anything, worse. To get real change, and to clean up politics, we need a change of government. Five more years of Gordon Brown won’t make any difference."

Look at the first part of your sentence - it's an admission that the last Conservative government stank. Why should we now believe that today's Tories are so virtuous, especially as they are still fresh from their Wisteria and Duck House episodes ?
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